18 The Anatomy of a MO^SE. Chap. II. 



Side under the Loins ; and thefe are nouriflied with Arte- 

 ries which fpring from the Jorta^ and are more in num- 

 ber than thofe of a Horfe. The abovementioned Author 

 mentions but one Vein from the Cava ; which is contrary 

 to his own Figure of a Mare''s Genitals, where there are 

 _- -. . feveral ; but this he feems to have borrow- 



varia. ^^ ^-^^^ ^j^^ Anatomy of a Woman, hav- 

 ing probably never examin'd thofe Parts of a Mare with 

 that Induftry the Author has done, from whom he haj 

 taken this Figure. 

 ^^, , The Stones of a Mare are not as thofe 



differVom ^^ "^^ ^O''^^' ^^^^ ^"^ ''O"^^' ^^^ ^^^ ^'^^ 



ffe Stones of ^ Garden-bean : They have their common 

 a Horfe. and proper Teguments, and in their inner 



Subftance feveral Ovaria or Egg-beds, 

 which arc Receptacles for the Male-Seed. 

 *n ifT t Somewhat forward, and below thefe O- 



^"' ' varia^ is feated the Womb or Matrix, be- 

 tween the Neck of the Bladder and the ftreight Gut, 

 where it is firmly tied in its Place by two Pair of Liga- 

 ments ; it is differently fhaped from that of a Woman, be- 

 j. jj J ing divided by its Cornua or Horns, whofe 



ej-^y^j hollow round Infertion feems to compofe 



its Fundus or Bottom. Out of thefe Horns 

 arife the Tubes or Trumpets, fo called by Falhpius. At 

 their Exit they are very fmall, but in their Progrefs grow 

 wider and fomewhat contorted. Towards their Extre- 

 mity they are again contradled into a fmall Orifice or 

 Mouth, with a jagged Membrane all round their Circum- 

 ference, not unlike the Husk of a Rofe. The Ufe of 

 thefe Tubes, is to convey the Seed from the Womb to the 

 Ovaria, where the Impregnation firft begins; and. alfo 

 to afford it a Pailage back again to the fame Place. ■ 

 Its Subflance '^^^ Subftaricc of the Womb is ftefhy, 



inclofed within two Membranes, which 

 are nervous and fenfible : It has a great number of Blood- 

 veiTels from the Hypogajiricks, which, after Conception, 

 inlarge it like a Sponge, and fill it with Blood, not only 

 that it may become a proper Bed for the Fcetui to lie in, 

 but alfo to /upply it with fufiicient Nourifhment. 

 The Sheath '^^^ Vagina or Sheath, is an Appendage 



to the Womb, being only a Produdtion of its 

 Membranes j it is that which forms the long Paffage reach- 

 ing from x\iiPud<nda qi Priyuies. On its infide are feveral 



Ruga 



